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Sunday, June 26, 2022

WLS Top Ten for Week of June 26, 1972: 'Sylvia's Mother'

These were the Top Ten songs and Debuts in Chicago according to WLS, 890 AM, fifty years ago today.

1.  SONG SUNG BLUE--  Neil Diamond

2.  CANDY MAN--  Sammy Davis Jr.

3.  NICE TO BE WITH YOU--  Gallery

4.  OUTA SPACE--  Billy Preston

5.  I'LL TAKE YOU THERE--  Staple Singers

6.  (LAST NIGHT) I DIDN'T GET TO SLEEP AT ALL--  Fifth Dimension

7.  OH GIRL--  Chi-Lites

8.  SYLVIA'S MOTHER--  Dr. Hook

9.  I NEED YOU--  America

10.  LEAN ON ME--  Bill Withers

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DEBUTS

16.  WHERE IS THE LOVE--    Roberta Flack & donny hathaway

21.  DAY BY DAY--  Godspell

25.  BROWN EYED GIRL--  El Chicano

36.  THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE U.S.A.--  Donna Fargo

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "I Lay Awake And Watched Until The Mornin' Light."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"(Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep at All."


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